Curriculum Vitae Christian Zange

Curriculum Vitae Christian Zange March 2010
Curriculum Vitae Christian Zange
Personal Data
Christian Zange
26 Juk Street
Wapadrand
0041
Pretoria
South Africa
Tel.: +27-715129799
E-Mail: me@christian-zange.de
Born June 13th, 1975 in Passau, married with Antonia Zange; children: Laura Marielle Zange (born
August 30th, 2001) and Anton Ferdinand Zange (born November 11 th , 2006);
Current occupation
Since 01/2008 Regional Advisor for Knowledge Management and Communications for the
German Development Service (DED) southern and eastern Africa: facilitating
organisational learning, evaluation of learning experiences (Lessons Learnt
Workshops in different projects), Development of web based Knowledge
Sharing Networks, Reporting, Information Management, Debriefing, Intranet.
Professional experience
09/2006-12/2007 Scientific assistant at the Institute of Media und Educational-Technology,
University of Augsburg: conceptual design and implementation of elearning
courses, teaching (compare lectures and seminars).
08/2005-12/2007 Consultant and entrepreneur for e-learning, knowledge management,
monitoring and evaluation (compare professional experience 08/2005-
12/2007).
07/2007-10/2007 Consultation for the implementation of a virtual academy (conception,
marketing, technology) on behalf of the beta institute for socio-medical research
and development gGmbH.
12/2006-08/2007 Implementation of a web based database system for the management of
projects (digital proposal, reports and project management) subsidized by
funds of the European Union (EFRE and ESF) on behalf of the Ministry of Science
and Culture of the Lower Saxony.
08/2006-01/2007 Conceptual design and development of a prototype for a virtual academy
for psycho-social health-education on behalf of the beta institute for sociomedical
research and development gGmbH.
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09/2006-03/2007 Development and Implementation of an e-learning seminar for the topic
climate change on behalf of the Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt, University
of Augsburg.
05/2006-10/2006 Implementation of the e-learning course “Instructional Design” by Prof.
Gabi Reinmann on behalf of the ETH Zürich, offered at the Didactica 2006 in
Zurich.
05/2006-08/2006 Consultant for the project LIMUX (Change of the workstations from Windows
to Linux) of the city government, Munich: Consultation for the development
of an e-learning-system for the user training, compilation of flashbased
tutorials for open office on behalf of the Soluzione GmbH.
03/2006-07/2006 Consultant for socio-cultural und socio-economical monitoring of energy
projects in the prefecture Naqu 2006, China, on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft
für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in the project “Renewable
Energies for Rural Areas” in China.
04/2006-07/2006 Conceptual design and implementation of a virtual lecture “Introduction in
the theory of socialization” including digital assessment on behalf of Prof.
Dr. Dieter Brühl, University of Oldenburg.
03/2006-05/2006 Implementation of an e-learning portal on behalf of the Professorship for
Media Pedagogy, Prof. Dr. Gabi Reinmann, University of Augsburg.
10/2005-03/2006 Conceptual design and implementation of a web-based database for subsidies
of the European Union on behalf of the Office for European Affairs,
University of Oldenburg.
01/2005-02/2006 Conceptual design and implementation of a web based bibliographic database
for the e-learning framework ComVironment.
08/2005-12/2005 Conceptual design and implementation of an e-learning-system for the
MBA-course “Systemic Organization-development and Consultation” on
behalf of the Zentrum für Weiterbildung und Wissenstransfer, University of
Augsburg.
08/2005-09/2005 Field research and compilation of a baseline report for socio-cultural and
socio-economic monitoring in the province Quinghai 2005, China, on behalf
of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in the
project “Renewable Energies for Rural Areas” in China.
08/2005-10/2005 Conceptual design and implementation of an e-learning course „ethics for
teachers education“ on behalf of the University of Augsburg. This course is
offered within the Virtual University of Bavaria (Virtuelle Hochschule
Bayern).
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Work experience abroad
since 03/2008 South Africa: Regional Advisor for Knowledge Management at the German
Development Service (DED) for the southern and eastern Africa, based in
Pretoria. Regular business trips to the countries of southern and eastern Africa.
08/2005 China: Research stay in Qinghai, China, as a consultant for the project “Renewable
Energies for Rural Areas” (GTZ): Data collection for a socio-cultural
baseline-report.
07/2003-12/2003 Uganda: Internship at the Energy Advisory Project of the Gesellschaft für
technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in Uganda: Expedition to the districts
Mbale and Arua, interviews with rural households, compilation of two baseline-reports
for socio-cultural monitoring.
10/1996-10/1998 Paraguay: Home for street-kids „El Abrigo“, civil service: Lead of a carpentry
during school holidays, shift service, attendance of the home-kids, supervision
of homework.
Lectures and seminars
10/2007-12/2007 Docent – Evaluative research: impact of digital media in the educational
system: seminar. University of Augsburg, Media and Communication Studies.
10/2007-12/2007 Docent – Methodological competencies: scientific writing: hands-on seminar.
University of Augsburg, Media and Communication Studies.
04/2007-09/2007 Docent – Development of web based applications for e-learning and
knowledge management based on Drupal: workshop. University of Augsburg,
Media and Communication Studies.
04/2007-09/2007 Docent – Conceptional design of e-learning at the university: hands-on
seminar that resulted in an e-learning course being developed by students
for another teacher at the campus. University of Augsburg, Media and
Communication Studies.
04/2007-09/2007 Docent – Formative evaluation for the implementation of knowledge management
and e-learning: seminar with blended learning approach (combination
of e-learning and face-to-face). University of Augsburg, Media and
Communication Studies.
10/2006-03/2007 Docent – Media and intercultural communication: seminar with blended
learning approach (combination of e-learning and face-to-face). University
of Augsburg, Media and Communication Studies.
06/2006 Lecture – Development cooperation as a field of work for intercultural
pedagogues. Seminar „fields of work in the intercultural pedagogy“, Intercultural
Pedagogy, University of Oldenburg.
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10/2005 Lecture – German development cooperation and the problem of knowledge
transfer. Seminar „fields of intercultural pedagogy“, Intercultural
Pedagogy, University of Oldenburg.
Formation
12/2004-06/2005 Thesis within the study of intercultural pedagogy. Title: „IT-based knowledge
management in development cooperation – The cycle of knowledge
between local level, project level and global level of administration“, Result:
1.0.
04/2002-10/2005 University of Oldenburg, intercultural pedagogy, main focus development
cooperation, intercultural communication, e-learning & knowledge management.
Diploma October 2005, Result: 1.0 (German diploma is equal to
the masters degree).
03/2002 Transfer to the University of Oldenburg, course: intercultural pedagogy.
04/2001-03/2002 University of Regensburg, education science. Main focus: e-learning and
knowledge management, pre-degree 2001, Result: 1.2.
09/1993-08/1996 Volkshochschule Passau, evening school for baccalaureate, external baccalaureate
1996, W. D. Gymnasium in Pocking (main subjects history and english).
Awards
10/2005 Award for protruding academic performances in the studies of pedagogy.
University of Oldenburg.
Extracurricular activities
04/2005-09/2005 Conceptual design and implementation of a virtual course: „For optimization
of development projects - the socio-cultural monitoring“: Content, didactics
and technical implementation. Conceptual design and implementation
of an online simulation of a monitoring project. Research Team IBSAE,
Prof. Dr. Dieter Brühl, University Oldenburg.
02/2005-04/2005 Realization of an online-assessment for the e-learning-programme „Patient-provision“
and „e-betaCare“ on behalf of the beta institute for sociomedical
research and development gGmbH.
12/2004-01/2005 Conceptual design and implementation of an interactive calendar for
events and a news blog for the e-learning-software ComVironment on behalf
of the BBJ Consult AG.
07/2004-05/2005 Consultation for a monitoring project for energy projects in rural areas in
Uganda: development of methods, implementation of a web-based platform
for communication in order to realize a participatory approach. Research
Team IBSAE and the Energy Advisory Project Uganda (GTZ),
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06/2004-07/2005 Freelancer at the Professorship for Media Pedagogy, Prof. Dr. Gabi Reinmann,
University of Augsburg: technical support and implementation of interactive
elements for the following e-learning-courses: “School development”,
“Media pedagogy” und “Qualitative social-research”.
05/2004-07/2004 Support and technical enhancement of the e-learning-course „school development“
with interactive interfaces „Online-Barometer“ and „Event-
Bar“ on behalf of the University of Augsburg. This course is offered within
the Virtual University of Bavaria (Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern).
03/2004-04/2005 Conceptual design and implementation of an interactive document management
system for the e-learning-software ComVironment on behalf of
the Kompetenznetz Allgäu-Oberland.
01/2004-08/2005 Conceptual design, implementation, administration and support for virtual
teaching-, learning- and communication-platforms within the Research
Team IBSAE at the University of Oldenburg.
10/2003-03/2004 Conceptual design and implementation of the e-learning course: “Knowledge
production and knowledge management in the development cooperation”:
Conceptual design and performance of a virtual simulation of a
project in development cooperation. Research Team IBSAE, Prof. Dr. Dieter
Brühl, University of Oldenburg.
10/2002-03/2005 Student assistant in the Office for European Affairs, University Oldenburg:
Administration, support and consultation for the homepage.
04/2002-08/2002 Student assistant at the Institute for education and communication in the
process migration (IBKM), Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schmidtke, University Oldenburg:
Accompaniment and support of a group of exchange students from
Argentina.
01/2002-03/2002 Student assistant at the professorship for pedagogy I, Prof. Dr. Michael Henninger,
University Regensburg: maintenance of the homepages of the professorship.
05/2001-03/2002 Student consultant for the knowledge management business game of C-IS,
München: technical support (it-infrastructure and intranet).
05/2001-01/2002 Student assistant at the professorship for pedagogy III, Prof. Dr. Hans Gruber,
University Regensburg: development of a platform for e-learning and
knowledge management.
Publications
2006 Reinmann, G., Vohle, F. & Zange, Ch. (2006). Onlinebarometer. Ein Beitrag zur Qualitätssicherung
beim E-Learning. In E. Seiler-Schiedt, S. Kälin & Ch. Sengstag (Hrsg.), E-Learning - alltagstaugliche
Innovation? (S. 141-151), Münster: Waxmann. Beitrag im Rahmen der Tagung der GMW (Gesellschaft
für Wissen und Medien) in Zürich.
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Industrial research - unpublished
2006 Zheng, Yi, Zange, Ch., Evaluation von soziokulturellen und sozioökonomischen Faktoren für das
Projekt „Erneuerbare Energien in ländlichen Gebieten“ (GTZ) in der Präfektur Naqu, Autonome
Provinz Tibet, VR China.
2005 Zange, Ch., Haberland, N., Socio-cultural and socio-economic impact Monitoring Quinghai Province
2005, Evaluation of socio-cultural and socio-economic indicators in East Agricultural and
Wutong Village on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for the
Sino-German technical cooperation programm “Renewable Energies in Rural Areas”.
2005 Haberland, N., Zange, Ch., Monitoring Cycle Yunnan 2005, Evaluation of Socio-Cultural and
Socio-Economic Indicators for the Project “Renewable Energies in Rural Areas” (GTZ) in the Province
Yunnan, PRC China.
2003 Zange, Ch., Baseline Study - Full Report: Energy Poverty in Mbale District, Uganda. Energy Advisory
Project, Uganda, on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
2003 Zange, Ch., Baseline Study - Full Report: Energy Poverty in Arua District, Uganda. Energy Advisory
Project, Uganda, on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
Engagement
since 01/2006 Member in the association Economy & Education.
since 12/2002 Member of the Research Team IBSAE (intercultural education and strategies
for poverty reduction in development cooperation), University of Oldenburg.
01/2001-08/2007 Member of the Programming Team ComVironment. Conceptual design and
realization of a framework for e-learning, communication and cooperation.
Team leader since October 2005.
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General competence
� Autodidact
� Didactics, Instructional Design
� E-Learning, Blended Learning
� Knowledge Management
� Quality Management (EFQM-Version QaP)
� Intercultural Communication, Teamwork
� Monitoring, Evaluation
� Coaching, Consulting
IT competence
� Conceptual design, development and implementation (including installation, configuration,
adaption and programming) of web based applications for e-learning and knowledge management
(based on Moodle, Ilias, Drupal, MS Sharepoint or others).
� Content Management Systems (e.g. Drupal, Typo 3, Joomla, Plone).
� Script- and markup languages used for web development (e.g. PHP, HTML, XML).
� Development and handling of data bases (e.g. MySQL).
� Software for research and statistics (e.g. LimeSurvey, SPSS, R).
� MS Office (handling of complex tasks like macro programming, pivot tables, formulas, access
data bases), Exchange and SharePoint.
� Basic Image processing (e.g. with Photoshop, GIMP, Paintshop Pro).
Foreign languages
� English: business fluent.
� Spanish: business fluent.
� Portuguese: basic knowledge.
� French: basic knowledge.
Pretoria, 16.03.2010
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